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KTSB STAFF

STATION MANAGER Kevin Tuerff
MUSIC Rob Forman & Laura Martz
PROGRAMMING Ken McKenzie
Assistant Keith King
CAMPUS/COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS Kristy Bartlett

PRODUCTION Mike McCalpin
Assistant Nick Joost
PUBLICATIONS Sara Pevaroff
NEWS Sara Beechner
AssistantJudson Taylor
SPORTS Rob Stevens

Assistant Chrisanne Pharr
BUSINESS MGR. Scott Kentros
PUBLICITY Burt Yount
Assistant Marck Robin
FUNDRAISING Scott Anderson
Assistant Jackie Nadler
UNDERWRITING Frances Langner
Assistant Meri Geisler
TECHNICAL Lester Polchlopek
SECRETARY Jennifer Wong

| Editor,Design E Director & Publisher: Sara Pevarot
| conte Editor: eed Headley

WHAT IS GOING ON???

BUSINESS: Scott needs an assistant to help out in a wide variety of
areas. Also, he needs a person to work on getting grants for the
station, send out requests, etc. Call Scott for more details........ Weare
having a float in the round-up parade and need people-call Jackie
for info.......Ribbon cutting ceremony and reception on April 11 at
the new station!......plus more...on April 22, KTSB and MTV will be
selecting participants for MTV remote game show and maybe a
progressive video night with 120 minutes-stay tuned for details.

INTERVIEWS: Alexis, the Interview Goddess is setting up an
interview with Mojo Nixon (among other things, the kinda weird
guy who does the promos on MTV). Cool, huh?

PUBLICITY: Burt says he’s gonna be selling some KTSB t-shirts at
super prices in time for the April 11 air date. Plus there will be
bumper stickers out by then too, at an even better price: -free! So be
lookin’ for’em. Javelin Boot will be performing on our float during
the Roundup Parade April 8th. On the 14th, there will be an
Opening Party at Liberty Lunch. A week after the air date (April
18th to be exact), there will be a Reception/Ribbon cutting cere-
mony at the studios. If you want more info, call Burt at 471-5106.

CAMPUS/COMMUNITY AFFAIRS: Kristy needs groups to tell
her department their meeting times so KTSB can broadcast them 5
times a week— it'll be just like Around Campus in The Texan —only
better. So be sure and tell her if a group you're in is going to meet.
Also, she’s searching for a PSA (Public Service Announcement)
director.

TECHNICAL: Lester proudly tells us that the station will be
operating by April 11! Yay-rahh!

PRODUCTION: A radio theatre series is being planned and is
going through the pre-production phase right now. Have you got
any really cool ideas for radio theatre? Can you write? Could you
help write for the series? How ‘bout giving Mike a call at 471-5106.

MUSIC: If youcan create music and have it on tape or can sing it off

the top of your heads, then get it (or yourself) down to the station.
Heck, it could even get on the air! And hey, why don’t you golive at
Liberty Lunch for the first 10 days of April? It’ll help the station.

SPORTS: The staff is currently interviewing members of some UT
sports clubs for use in the daily expanded sports feature. Chrisann
Parr has been appointed Assistant Sports Director. The time for the
Sunday sports special will be 6-7 pm. The special will deal with a
different sports issue each week and willinclude guests and call-ins.
And last but not least, the KTSB softball team beat the Daily Texan
team 7-6.

FUNDRAISING: Two possible benefits in April, watch for flyers
for more details. There will be a KTSB float in the upcoming Round-
Up parade, and anyone who wants to help in the construction
should get in touch with Scott Anderson.

PROGRAMMING: Anyone (music writers, musicians, record
collectors) who wants a one-time, two-hour slot as a d.j. should call
Ken McKenzie. Ken will host a guest d.j. spot on Sundays from 7-
9 pm. The committee would also like to thank everyone who has
trained at KUT since last October.

NEWS: Hey! Sara needs volunteers. News Boot Camp will be at the
KTSB office on April 2 at 1 p.m. Everyone who’s interested should
be there. A news handbook will be coming out soon. She's also
looking for someone who wants to be News Director for next year.
And,survey results show that you guys want to hear world/na-
tional news a lot with campus highlights so you will.

THE S.M.......s00000 KEVIN: KTSB was recently granted with its re-
quest for funding during the 88-89 school year. Student. Services Fee

waiting for the big April i, our honest to godness start up date.

Look for us in the media spotlight on April 18 when we'll have some
big wigs down at the station for our grand opening. We want to
make KTSBa station to serve the needs of students and the commu-
nity. Please, let us know how you feel about our program schedule.
Write us at KTSB, P.O. Box D, Austin, Tx 78713-7209.

We're here!

We mean it, we're not lying. We
are on the air. Exactly two years to the
date after which the Student Radio
Task Force was formed, KTSB-the first
student run-radio station at the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin will officially
begin flowing through the airwaves
April 11, 1988 on cable radio 91.7. Do
you have cable radio? No? Quick, call
KTSB at 471-5106 (or Austin Ca-
bleVision) and find out how you can
hook it up. But, in case you can't get
cable radio, Austin Access Television
will air our signal as background music
on cable channels 10, 32 &33. And you
can hear KTSB in the Audio Visual
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old Varsity Cafeteria at 210 E. 21st.
We'll be on air from 7am-3am (that's 20
hours). And we always need volunteers
So come on down and give us a hand.
Hey, musicians, send us your album/
tape so you can be heard on KTSB-P.O.
Box D, Austin, Tx 78713-7209...

By the way, we're going to do
some serious celebrating since we are
making history and you're invited, so
bring your friends and head over to
Liberty Lunch on April 14th for the gala
bash. We're here for you-you know
what we mean...call us and let us know
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KTSB
PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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WORLD MUSIC
with
Chris Corsbie

Far from being new, “world music”
is rooted in the vocal traditons of India,
China, Japan, and Africa, traditions as
many as 7000 years old. Nonetheless, it will
certainly sound as exotic as any “psyche-
delic” music produced in the local under-
ground scene. The program will feature
such diverse music as the hauntingly medi-
tative sounds of Japanese Buddhist chant
and shakuhachi to the exciting rhythms of
Africa and India. Who knows? Maybe we
will play some lesser-known traditions
such as Mongolian Xoomie chant or Peru-
vian, indigenous pan pipe duets, or primal
fife and drum.

Hopefully, the program will entice
the listener to become more interested in
the many possibilities that world music has
to offer. All too often conflicts between
cultures arise from misunderstandings,
stereotypes and ethnocentricity. We hope
to entertain and inform our listeners
through the following: a combination of
interviews with foreign musicians, cultural
and historical backgrounds given for the
selections played, and a diverse range of
music..SUNDAY 7-10 am.

DEMOS
with
Alexis Arnold

Demos is fairly self-explanatory,
isn’t it? Any and all unsigned bands will be
aired if they send ina tape, demo, etc. Those
that I like will be played more often. Send
tapes in care of The Unsigned Hour P.O.
Box D, Austin, TX 78713-7209... WEDNES-
DAY 7-8 pm.

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PSYCHEDELIC
with
Mike Wethington
Join us as we takea surrealistic acid bath
of sound from the Weeds in 1965 to the
Butthole Surfers of 1988. Spend two hours
a week hearing the music with more than
just sound: Van Der Graf Generator, the
Soft Boys, Mahavishnu Orchestra. Music
that molds and melts the mind. Tune in,

turn on, and drop out to KTSB’s Psyche-
delic Show.... TUESDAY 9-11 pm.

INDUSTRIAL
with
Rob Forman & Wynne Martin

Eleven years after the term “indus-
trial” came into being (thanks to Throbbing
Gristle), it is now as purposeful as the term
“New Wave.” It is applied to so many dif-
ferent styles of music (the dance floor beat
of the Revolting Cocks, the sparse land-
scape of Soviet France, the powerful noise
of Boy Dirt Car, and the arty tribalism of
Muslimguaze to name a few) that it has al-
most become meaningless. What “industri-
alists” do have in common (more ideologi-
cal than musical) is the willingness to con-
front and challenge the typical notions of
how music is “supposed” to sound, how
society is controlled, and how we think and
live. The misconception that this musicis all
“noise” is one of the initial barriers that
must be cleared. Actually, much of the
music is beautiful, rhythmic, and down-
right melodic. Sure, a lot of it is rather
violent to the senses, but all of the world
isn’t made of of crystals and
oceans... THURSDAY 11-1 am

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HARDCORE
with
Johnny Hutchens

On Saturdays nights, things start to
get rough and rowdy as KTSB pumps out
the very best in loud and abrasive renegade
rock-n-roll music. It’s the Hardcore Show;
two hours of your favorite, immortal un-
derground bands including the likes of the
Circle Jerks, Agent Orange, Shattered Faith,
Scratch Acid, Big Black, Htisker Du, Gang
Green, MDC, and many, many others. So
tune in to get your weekly dosage of the
most explosive music around. Turn up the
volume and bust out the hair mousse and
get ready to thrash!.. SATURDAY 1-3 am.

HIP HOP
with
Will & D J.C. (Chuck ’O’)

What is Hip Hop? Well it seems
that Austin really doesn’t know. But that
will soon change because KTSB will enter
the Austin market with the city’s first legiti-
mate progressive hip hop show dominated
by rappers from New York to Los Angeles.
Guest DJ’s and the state’s best amateurs
will be featured periodically. Give it a listen
to hear artists like E.Pee M.D., Audio Two,
The Biz Mark, Public Enemy, Mantronix,
and the best Black music has to
offer... SATURDAY 9-11 pm.

REGGAE
with
the Rastaheads

Greetings to the Austin posse...for
crucial reggae ryddims, tune in to Ras Dave
and Sister Irene....KTSB soon come...One

love... MONDAZE in the eve from 9-11.

METAL
with
Rob Gray & Lisa Frenzel

Any of various opaque, fusible, ductile and
typically lustrous substances that are good
conductors of electricity and heat forming
cations by loss of electrons and yielding
basic oxides and hydroxides may be known
as metal. But to us it means a lot more, it’s
purerawenergy inthe form of music. From
its beginnings with Black Sabbath, Led
Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Judas Priest to
its incredible evolution giving us groups
like Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth and
Malmsteen the full spectrum will be cov-
ered at KTSB. You will hear interviews,
concert dates and information on the local
metal scene along with the best of metal
new and old. Tune in and give suggestions
and requests and remember, you won’t
hear music of this calibre anywhere else in
Austin...FRIDAY 1-3 am

NEW AGE JAZZ
with |
Justin Bell

Electrify your mind, stimulate your
souland fly high onimagination. Tuneinto
Jazz Infusions on KTSB and experience the
new age integration of instrumental rock
with progressive jazz. Encounter new
acoustical dimensions with the eclectic
sounds of Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker,
Andreas Vollenweider and Al DiMeola...
Eliminate the static of ugly radio, and get
your fix with Jazz Infusions... SATURDAY

POETRY
with
Kristy Bartlett & Jenny Wong

Our emphasis will be on readings
by Austin poets. But poetry is everywhere,
so we'll also be airing lyrical songs, drama,
and sounds. Anything and everything
goes! So tune in.... THURSDAY 7-8 pm.

AFRICAN MIX
with
Tierno Bah

KTSB’s alternative sound focuses
on the sounds of African-tribal traditions
and the latest pop from around the conti-
nent will be presented with background
info on the music. This is morning music
that you can move to. We'll introduce you
to styles you never’ knew
existed... SUNDAY 10-12 am.

LATIN MIX
with
Michael Crockett

This show will bring youa hot blend of pop
and folk rhythms from Latin America.
Occasional news features will be heard
within the mix of spicy, southern sounds.
Brazil is not the only country you will learn
about...SUNDAY noon-2 pm.

SPORTS
with
Someone Famous

KTSB wraps up the weekend with
the sports special. The show will examine
important issues on the cutting edge of the
sports world. Each week the show will lead
you through a discussion of topics ranging
from theturn-around of the Longhorn foot-
ball program to the concern of drug prob-
lems at the Summer Olympics. In addition,
we'll highlight scores and results of the
weekend's sporting events with interviews
and commentary...SUNDAY 6-7 pm.

SXSW revisited

BY PETER BLACKSTOCK

If there’s one thing I learned from attending the South-By-
Southwest Music and Media Conference last month, it is this: Music
is Business,

That may seem fairly obvious when one considers the
variety and volume of music-oriented material one encounters in
the marketplace nearly every day (records, radio, concerts, posters,
t-shirts, etc.). Most of us, however, ordinarily see such things from
an entertainment perspective rather than a business one.

Even in a town such as Austin, renowned for its flourish-
ing musical environment, the emphasis of the medium is usually on
having a good time, not putting food on the table. Most local
musicians rarely make enough money to consider their musical
endeavors anything more than a hobby, something they’re doing
because they love doing it. And most club-goers rarely think about
the financial aspects of the scene they take part in other than when
they’re scraping up change for just one more beer.

But anyone who hung around the Austin Crest hotel
March 10-13 saw music being treated in a very different way — as
an industry. The workshops, trade show tables, even casual discus-
sions in the lobby centered on signing rather than singing, on
budgets rather than Budweiser.

And though that may sound somewhat droll and demor-
alizing, it’s a dose of reality that most people involved in Austin
music need to come to terms with, or at least be more aware of than
they tend to be. Attending the seminar helps give musically inter-
ested people a more complete view of what they’re becoming
involved in, whether they’re musicians, managers, disc jockeys,
journalists— or even simply fans.

Getting a taste of the business side of music may make
some people even more determined to immerse themselves in it; it
may driveothers away and makethem decide to take it all much less
seriously. But in either case, it helps the people involved clarify their
music-related goals.

That was the one point that the conference drove home to
me most emphatically. What follows is my personal account of the
weekend’s highlights. It’s not meant to be a “Best-of-SXSW”
roundup, since no single person could attend even a fraction of all
the events that took place over the weekend in order to make such
judgments. It’s simply intended to describe the weekend from an
individual standpoint, to providean idea of what theaverage SXSW
junkie went through March 10-13.

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The panel discussions and workshops I attended were
quite informative. The first one, entitled “Do It Yourself,” gave
bands hints on how to put out arecording independently. The panel
provided a wide range of viewpoints on the subject, as members
included musicians Carl Finch (Brave Combo), Mike Hall (Wild
Seeds) and Kathy McCarty (Glass Eye); producers Mike Stewart
(Austin) and Jim Lancaster (Nashville); and indie record label reps
David Counter (Relativity) and Shari Wilkins (Rough Trade).

Saturday morning’s panel on college/alternative radio
was equally interesting, although not nearly as well-attended (what
do you expect when you try to get a bunch of musicians out of bed
by 10:30 a.m.?) Dave Margulies of CMJ New Music Report and
Leslie Rule of the W.A.R.D. Report, two trade magazines dealing
specifically with the college market, headed up the panel, which
also included representatives from several regional college stations

(including KTSB station manager Kevin Tuerff).

Rule and Margulies differed in their judgment of the
growth of college radio’s influence over the past few years (in
helping groups suchas R.E.M. and U2 eventually become commer-
cial successes). Margulies praised the stations for providing such
talented up-and-coming artists with an early outlet for exposure,
but Rule said she felt the success had made many college stations
lose sight of their alternative purpose.

Both sides agreed, however, that college stations should
use their own judgmentand shouldn't feel pressured to concentrate
on bands that certain labels might be pushing as big “college-
market” successes. (The Austin American-Statesman, which some-
what surprisingly did a commendable job of covering SXSW over-
all, rana story on this panel discussion with the extremely mislead-
ing headline, “College radio wields too much influence, panelists
say”. The writer who covered the session wanted me to apologize
to any of the panelists who may quite understandably have felt
misrepresented, and to assure them that he did NOT write the
headline for the story.)

And then there was the music. To try to recap all of it, even
for one person, would bea gargantuan task; my best estimate is that
I saw 26 acts in a four-day span. Instead, I’ll just mention a few acts
I hadn’t seen before that impressed me:

Two of the most memorable acts I heard were at the
Colorado Street Cafe, a venue not usually considered one of
Austin’s hot musical spots. The best was Thursday night’s set by
singer /songwriter Scott Garber, who used to bein arock band from
Tucson, Arizona, called Giant Sand. Kris McKay of Austin’s Wild
Seeds joined Garber on a couple of songs, and the combination of
these two talented voices created some beautiful harmonies.

Definitely the most original act I caught was Denver's Bill
White Acre, who played at Colorado Street on Saturday. The variety
of sounds he got from an acoustic guitar, and the techniques he used
to get them, was amazing. Slapping the strings and the body of his
guitar as often as he picked and strummed, he managed at times to
sound more like a band than a solo act.

A few rock bands impressed meas well. The Weeds’ set at
the Texas Tavern Saturday convinced methat drummer Ellen Weed
should have made the list of top 10 drummers in the Austin
Chronicle readers’ poll. Dash Rip Rock from New Orleans blitzkri-
eged the Back Room audience for 30 minutes, although most people
probably knew what was coming since the band has visited Austin
fairly frequently after their local debut at last year’sconference. And
Dallas’ Three On A Hill proved at the Coyote Club Sunday that
they’re the best of the many bands coming out of that town’s much-
talked-about Deep Ellum scene.

The Austin Music Awards show on Friday was really
strange: Even though eight acts played, I didn’t feel like I was at a
concert. I spent more time wandering around the concourse talking
to people than I did listening to the music, even though I liked most
of the bands that played and am a big fan of a couple of them. But
the show went smoothly and in fact ended up being a sellout (with
the assistance of, oh, a thousand or so complimentary passes.

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My only significant gripe about the way the conference

was set up was the addition of Sunday showcases this year. Some

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GLASS EYE
Bent By Nature
(Bar None)

by Peter Blackstock

Along with the Wild Seeds, the Reivers, the True Believers
and the late Doctors’ Mob, Glass Eye was one of the most important
bands in helping Austin’s new music scene become recognized on
a national level. The Mob has now disbanded despite a worthy
second album, and the True Believers are still in record-company
limbo; but the Wild Seeds and the Reivers have made significant
advances nationally in recent months with excellent new records.
Glass Eye, with their new release Bent By Nature, is ready to follow
suit.

It’s been nearly three years since the release of Huge, the
band’s remarkable full-length debut on Wrestler Records. That
record proved Glass Eye was the most talented, from a musician-
ship standpoint, of Austin’s new group of hopefuls. Theclean, crisp
tone of Kathy McCarty’s vocals and guitar lines complemented
Brian Beattie’s angry, nervous singing and quirky bass lines in a
magical way, and the always-elusive but somehow always-intact
rhythm made the songs very difficult to ever get tired of.

A lineup change (drummer Scott Marcus and keyboardist
Stella Weir were replaced by Dave Cameron and Sheri Lane) and a
bitter battle with Wrestler boss/charlatan Geoff Cordner slowed
down the effort to get a follow-up album out. But a six-song live
cassette released independently this summer showed that the band
indeed had something extraordinary up its collective sleeve. (The
cassette, in fact, won “Best Texas Tape” honors in the Austin
Chronicle’s 1987 music poll last month.)

Bent By Nature, once again demonstrates Glass Eye’s un-
canny ability for distinctly original yet quite listenable music. The
album kicks off with “Whiskey,’’ a song from Kathy McCarty’s days
in the Buffalo Gals, a band one prominent local writer once called
“the most incompetent band ever to take to the stage in Austin.” The
Buffalo Gals werea little before my time, but if the rest of their songs
were as good as this, that statement would seem hard to believe.
“Comeback,” a tribute to Austin songwriting guru Daniel Johnston,
follows, a song with a folksy, accordion-embellished intro with
typically Glass-Eye-ish lyrics suchas, “Itooka wrong turnofevents,
I made a wrong fork at the situation.”

The highlight of side one is “Living With Reptiles,” but
“We Don’t Touch” and “Love Gone Wrong” (without the bridge
into “Cecilia,” as they've been playing it live for the past year) aren’t
far behind. One advantage to not recording an album in three years
is that you have that much more ofa buildup of good material when
you finally get the record out —and when you write as wellas Glass
Eye, the result is a first-rate collection of songs.

Most of the material on side two is equally impressive.
Three of the songs (“People In The House,” “Heywire,” “Parking
Space”) are from last summer’s cassette release, but all have been
improved upon for their album versions. The live staple “Dimsey
Naish” (funny, I always thought it was “Dempsey Nash”) is also
here, perhaps the closest thing to an “anthem” as Glass Eye will ever
record.

Maybe the best song on the record, though, is “Christine,”
a slow, melodic ballad with, of all things, a quite ordinary rhythm.
Some of the harmonies between McCarty and Beattie work beauti-
fully here, and Beattie’s ever-wandering bass lines keep the song
from sounding too much like an everyday ballad. Closing out the
album is that maniacal instrumental “Mechanical Chihuahua,”
perhaps the most appropriately-named instrumental song ever.

Bent By Nature does a wonderful job of combining excel-
lent songwriting with talented but challengingly exploratory musi-
cianship. The only question that remains is whether the band can
gain a significant national following with the record (specifically
among college/alternative audiences). Some recent work with
already-established Timbuk3 (the band backed Pat and Barbara
MacDonald on some tracks to be used as B-sides from Timbuk3’s
upcoming album Eden Alley ) may help get Glass Eye’s name in the
ears of a wider audience. And, though Bar None is a small label, it
has done a commendable job recently in getting They Might Be
Giants national recognition. If Glass Eye can get the same support,
then they might be giants soon, too.

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UT by Greg Headley
In Gut'’s House
(Blast First)

At first listen one might be slightly unnerved and a bit nauseated
at the sound of this band. Evenacompletely indiscerning ear would
quickly notice the almost complete disregard for rhythm and mel-
ody. Instead, the sound of UT adheres to a sort of primitivism. The
band has existed for eight years and still sounds as though they are
feeling their way througha very, very dark void. The sound appeals
to the very base musical instincts. It shares a good deal with the
industrial noise improvisation of Einsturzende Neubaten or Test
Dept. but with less emphasis on bashing the sound into your head
and more on setting up a framework and letting the listener inter-
pret the sound as he pleases.

Most of the songs deal with very esoteric issues, hence even the
discernible lyrics make little sense. Titles like “Swallow,” “Evangel-
ist” and “Homebled” suggest power themes. However these, like
most of the others, build into a kind of claustrophobic white-out.
The band members often trade instruments and lead vocal chores
giving each song a different mood but retaining a timid, even
frightened feel. They retain animpenetrability while keeping a kind
of non-penetration into the listener.

The overall sound adheres less to structured melodies and more
to overall mood. The arrangements and even the choice of instru-
ments used seem carefully planned to evoke a certain mood.
Though basically an improvisational album it retains an invisible
sort of cohesion that creates a very strong and distinct feeling within
the listener.

THRU THE WIRE cont'd

CHILD BEARING HIPS one more by Peter Blackstock
(cassette only)

It’s kind of hard not to attract at least a little attention when
you name your band Child Bearing Hips. But there’s a lot more
going on here than just an interesting name.

This is one of the most intriguingly original-sounding
new bands Austin has produced in quite some time, though, to be
truthful, they only relocated to Austin recently. Lead vocalist/
bassist /songwriter E. Ann Powell moved here from North Carolina
two years ago; drummer Pam Bargercameto Austin from Washing-
ton, D.C.; and guitarist Peter LaFond from Kansas City rounded out
the lineup about eight months ago.

Their first tape, recorded with the engineering and pro-
duction help of Roy Taylor (former manager of Timbuk 3 and now
working with Glass Eye), contains five songs presented in an
uncluttered, minimalist manner but yet sounding far from simple.
LaFond’s guitar cuts deeply, and Powell's twangy vocals give the
band’s music an immediate trademark and centerpiece.

The opening song, “Mattress,” is probably the most
memorable cut. With a Creedence-like opening riff and the catchy
chorus line,”That mattress on the floor might be the only tie that
binds,” this tune sinks in quickly.

Other cuts on the five-song tape include “Trust,” a folksy
tune with a western giddy-up beat and ironic lyrics such as “I’m
movin’ like a freight train on the wings of a dove”; and the dark,
funky “What Color,” an indictment of stereotyping women’s roles
with thought-provoking lines like “I been a fool, but I ain’t fooled /
Honey, honey hanging on your comma.” This ain’t your average
love-song/train-song band.

The strength of this tape, along with a couple of im-
promptu acoustic sets at the Austin Crest hotel during the South By
Southwest Music and Media conference last month, helped land the
band an invitation to play the New Music Seminar in New York this
summer. It’s available at Waterloo and Sound Exchange and the
band will be playing on April 16 at Big Mamou.

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LIQUID MICE
Paperbacks Plus
March 14th-1:30 am by Rob Forman

After volunteering some fifteen hours of my time driving a
van and seeing roughly twenty performances during SXSW, |
decided to go see one last (unrelated) show and see if | could catch
what was left of the week-long series of events sponsored by Liquid
Mice at Paperbacks Plus.

As soon as I sat down (being one of three people in the
“crowd”) two guys walked on stage, played for an hour, and gave
onc of the best performances I saw all weekend. Using a reel-to-reel
backing tape of continuous sound (from chants to TV dialogue to
you-namc-it) the two members played various home-made instru-
ments, woodwinds, drums and synths to create a second blend and
wonderfully minimal sound collage that was never tedious nor
bombastic, just hypnotic. The effect produced, similar to that for
those of you who know Soviet France, was one of relaxing the
concious while letting your subconcious become a playpen.

After spending the whole weekend watching bands try to
impress labels, and everybody trying to schmooze everybody (me
included), to see a couple of guys do something totally creative and
imaginative regardless of all the music “biz” stuff going on around
them, was not only refreshing, but put everything back into per-
spective: music comes first.

(SXSW continued from p. 7 )

damn good bands were playing Sunday night, but: a) a lot of out-of-
towners had already left by then, putting the Sunday-night bands
at a real disadvantage; and b) those who remained were wearing
pretty thin by then (I certainly was, anyway). The softball /barbecue
gathering Sunday afternoon was a good way to end the conference
on an easygoing note; the showcases that night were simply
overkill.

But the successes far outweighed the failures. SXSW direc-
tor Roland Swenson and assistants Louis Meyers, Louis Black and
Nick Barbaro have created one helluva conference; it seems the
biggest problem they face now is putting the reins ona monster that
could easily become out of control in the years to come. As problems
go, though, an overflow of success isn’t a bad one to have. Call me
a hopeless junkie, but I’m eagerly awaiting SXSW III.

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